11th Jul 2025 11:15
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) | |||||||
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN | |||||||
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS | |||||||
(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE) | |||||||
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") | |||||||
1. | KEY INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Name of exempt principal trader: |
| BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD | ||||
(b) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose |
| SPECTRIS PLC | ||||
| relevant securities this form relates: |
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(c) | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt | SPECTRIS PLC | |||||
| principal trader is connected |
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(d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
| 10 Jul 2025 | ||||
(e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | NO |
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| trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | 5p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 1,772,466 | 1.78% | 992,421 | 1.00% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 816,231 | 0.82% | 1,567,869 | 1.58% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| and agreements to purchase/sell: |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 2,588,697 | 2.61% | 2,560,290 | 2.58% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Total number of | Highest price per unit | Lowest price per unit | |||
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5p ordinary | Purchase | 246,592 | 39.9600 GBP | 39.8560 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | Sale | 159,229 | 39.9600 GBP | 39.8000 GBP | |||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,556 | 39.8000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 216 | 39.8592 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 629 | 39.8600 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,919 | 39.8618 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 183 | 39.8633 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 155 | 39.8638 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,530 | 39.8698 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,256 | 39.8706 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,904 | 39.8710 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 349 | 39.8767 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 472 | 39.8809 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 102 | 39.8813 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 49 | 39.8816 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 240 | 39.8829 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 74 | 39.8835 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 49 | 39.8894 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,871 | 39.8930 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 127 | 39.8955 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 278 | 39.9004 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 637 | 39.9013 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 126 | 39.9038 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4 | 39.9197 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 42,644 | 39.8600 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 9,566 | 39.8601 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 80 | 39.8704 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 35 | 39.8706 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 20 | 39.8711 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 274 | 39.8732 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 39 | 39.8758 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,626 | 39.8797 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 50 | 39.8800 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,196 | 39.8810 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,228 | 39.8844 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 534 | 39.8890 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,127 | 39.8967 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,400 | 39.8999 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 129 | 39.9003 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,524 | 39.9007 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 18,145 | 39.9028 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,167 | 39.9081 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 822 | 39.9090 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10 | 39.9092 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,233 | 39.9100 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,946 | 39.9104 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 30,000 | 39.9199 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,201 | 39.9279 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 35,384 | 39.8600 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 2,140 | 39.8663 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 7,698 | 39.8672 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 12,601 | 39.8680 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 34,980 | 39.8600 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 686 | 39.8732 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 84 | 39.8835 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 1,061 | 39.8865 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 1,346 | 39.9135 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 19,357 | 39.9200 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price |
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(ii) | Exercising |
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 11 Jul 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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